Category: Advent IM Blog

• by Ellie Hurst
• Advent IM Blog

It’s an interesting topic – body-worn video technology (BWV). Love the concept or hate the concept, people will always see two sides of the coin in their usage. Safety and Snooping. There is obviously a fine line between them but one I was drawn to look into a little further having read an article stating […]

• by Ellie Hurst
• Advent IM Blog

Advent IM Director, Julia McCarron, lends us her view on the latest cyber survey… I saw this morning that yet another Government survey has been revealed saying once again that ‘nearly half’ of UK firms had suffered a cyber security attack or breach. It seems that we are being given a very similar statistic pretty […]

• by Ellie Hurst
• Advent IM Blog

We are now a week on from the atrocities of the Westminster attack on 22nd March 2017 and London and Londoners, its visitors and commuters continue with their day to day lives almost as if the attack never happened. Almost. Clearly for those directly affected by this individual’s mindless actions, day to day life will […]

• by Ellie Hurst
• Advent IM Blog

Our thoughts are with the victims and families of those murdered or injured during this attack. Our gratitude and respect, to the police, emergency paramedics and other first responders.

• by Ellie Hurst
• Advent IM Blog

Del Brazil re-visits the Attack Tree methodology The author has recently published an article about the use of Attack Trees for undertaking Information Risk Assessments. This follow up article is designed to invoke discussion on the current changes to risk management methodologies. Attack Trees have been highlighted as one of the potential candidates for replacing […]

• by Ellie Hurst
• Advent IM Blog

Del Brazil takes a look at recent security failures that made the news and could have been managed or prevented with a robust leavers policy and its careful application. An American college had cause to dismiss one of its IT Administrators and requested that all college IT equipment be returned.  The employee complied but not […]

• by Ellie Hurst
• Advent IM Blog

A guest post for Data Protection Awareness Day 2017 from our very own Steve Foley, Security Consultant… Security Awareness Training, the phrase that makes most employees roll their eyes and think ‘great another hour of my life that I’ll never get back’.  Some staff gleefully look forward to 60 mins sat in a darkened room […]

• by Ellie Hurst
• Advent IM Blog

We have enjoyed getting involved with Data Protection Awareness Day over the last few years and with GDPR fast approaching (next year…!), it is more important than ever to raise awareness of the importance of good quality Data Protection practices.  Sometimes our contributions are serious, sometimes lighthearted but they are always useful and containing good […]

• by Ellie Hurst
• Advent IM Blog

Data Protection Awareness Day is very important to us. Not only are we DP practitioners, we are DP practitioners who are helping businesses prepare for General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in 2018, which is going to have widespread ramifications and we want everyone to be well and truly up to speed. Fines amounting to 4% […]

• by Ellie Hurst
• Advent IM Blog

A guest post from Del Brazil –  Advent IM Security Consultant Doxware is a more vicious version of Ransomware in that not only does the hacker holds the user to ransom having encrypted their files but also threatens to release sensitive information, photos and/or conversations into the public domain until such time a ransom is […]